The "financial literacy fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund and fees received pursuant to Subsection L of Section 58-15-5 NMSA 1978. Income from the fund shall be credited to the fund, and money in the fund shall not revert or be transferred to any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. Money in the fund is appropriated to the regulation and licensing department for the purposes of developing and implementing financial literacy programs as provided for in Subsection C of Section 58-15-39 NMSA 1978. Expenditures from the fund shall be made on warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the superintendent of regulation and licensing.
History: Laws 2017, ch. 110, § 22.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 110, § 27 made Laws 2017, ch. 110, § 22 effective January 1, 2018.
Applicability. — Laws 2017, ch. 110, §26 provided that the provisions of Laws 2017, ch. 110 shall apply to loans subject to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 and the New Mexico Bank Installment Loan Act of 1959 executed on or after January 1, 2018.